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Lucky Manchester

By scott

It seems that the residents of Manchester will be the first people in the UK to benefit from feeling safe in knowing who they are. The government’s wonderful plan to issue us all with ID cards that we don’t have to carry is starting in earnest (a small village on the outskirts of Manchester, I believe). “ID cards will deliver real benefits to everyone, including increased protection against criminals, illegal immigrants and terrorists,” the home secretary said. Yes, it is true. In future if you encounter any of these classes of people all that all you’ll need to do is wave your ID card at them, and it will emit a secret death ray that will either kill or momentarily disarm the individual’s) allowing you enough time to escape.

Full post as published by Information Overload on May 06, 2009 (boomark / email).